Re: directional selection

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Whoa! Thanks John. I've been to that menu numerous times, must've looked at
that entry before, but, it never quite made it to the brain! So, adding the
shift key ought to be fairly easy to implement and would be more efficient
than the menu selection.

Thanks again.
Wapperdude


"John Goldsmith" wrote:

Hello Wapperdude,

I know this is partly a suggestion, but have you spotted 'Select shapes
partially within area' under Tools / Options... / General tab?

Good idea with the Shift key as it seems to be unused at the moment.

Best regards

John


John Goldsmith
www.visualSignals.typepad.co.uk
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"WapperDude" <WapperDude@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hope this relpy doesn't show up twice--

The ability to do partial shape selection is a feature long missing and
would be very handy to have. One slight variation of the present
proposal:
add the shift key to modify the behavior. That is, without the shift key
depressed, normal selection takes place, i.e., only fully enclosed shapes
are
identified. However, holding down the shift key enables "partial"
selection
such that both fully enclosed and partially enclosed shapes are selected.
This eliminates the "directional" limitation and should minimize
confusion.

Wapperdude



"Philippe C." wrote:

As in Autocad
In one direction : you select all the shapes which are (partially) in the
rectangle
In the other direction : you select the shapes which are totally in the
rectangle

I don't see any disadvantages, except for the people who don't know about
it.

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